Colombia seizes 2 tons of cocaine in Cartagena

Colombia’s police said Thursday they have seized almost 2,000 kilos of cocaine in Cartagena. According to the authorities, the drugs belonged to neo-paramilitary drug trafficking organization “Los Urabeños.”

The drugs were found in the Manomal industrial zone in the Caribbean port city and allegedly was property of “Lorenzo,” a ringleader of the Urabeños in the port city.

“The seizure took place at a public parking lot … next to another parking lot for containers,” local police told press.

“The drugs would be estimated at 88 billion pesos ($27 million) and we were able to confirm that it would be sent to central America, North America and Europe,” police told press.